Obama Touts Efforts to Help Economy, Colleges
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President Barack Obama said Monday that better economic days are coming thanks to innovation and some help from the government.
Obama delivered an economic pep talk and a plug for his economic recovery plan: a sustained investment in education, technology, health care and research. He told his audience at Hudson Valley Community College that for years, Washington has not lived it up to its responsibilities to help.
"As we emerge from this current economic crisis, our great challenge will be to ensure that we do not just drift into the future," Obama said. "Instead, we must choose to do what past generations have done: shape a brighter future through...
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